Cliff of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī. The surrounding plains and landscape are in the foreground, while Egyptians and their animals work near the site.
Egyptians; Camels; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
Abrām Bibāwī sits on a camel next to inhabitants of Naj' Ḥammādī, the town nearest to Jabal al-Ṭārif and the discovery site of the Nag Hammadi codices.
Aerial photographs; Nile River; Deserts - Egypt; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Al Qaṣr (Egypt)
Naj' Ḥammādī itself is on the left bank, on the sout-west side of the large bend of the Nile River. Al-Qaṣr (Chenoboskeia) is on the right bank, half-way down the large bend. Just north of al-Qaṣr, the light area indicates the arid,...
Douglas Kuylenstierna, photographer for the Nag Hammadi excavation, poses for a picture below the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff, the discovery site of the codices.
Picture taken from a hill overlooking what appears to be an excavated archaeological site. Several buildings carved from the rock face are in view; Israel.
Ḥamrah Dūm seen from the site of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices at the foot of the Jabal al-Ṭārif. The white house where James Robinson was arrested is seen in the distance.
Caves; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Inscriptions; Stone carving; Hedrick, Charles W.; Hanny M. el-Zeiny, 1918-
Charles Hedrick and Hānī al-Zaynī at project site. Hanny el-Zeini was the director of the Nag Hammadi sugar factory where the Nag Hammadi excavations were headquartered.
Inspector from the Department of Antiquities of the Nag Hammadi excavation poses for a picture below the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff, the discovery site of the codices.
Jean Doresse picture of the site of the discovery - the cliff face and talus of Jabal al-Ṭārif. Talus is the sediment which has settled against the cliff.
